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Related: About this forumPropublica/Electionland News Collaborative: Please Tell Us If You Have Any Trouble Voting This Year
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/please-tell-us-if-you-have-any-trouble-voting-this-yearElectionland is a collaborative project to report on voting problems with local and national newsrooms around the country.
We will be on the lookout for any problems that prevent people from voting such as mail ballot delivery problems, changed voting locations, long lines, registration problems, purged voter rolls, broken machines and voter intimidation. You can help us. To let us know how your voting experience goes, heres how to sign up and get in touch.
SMS: Text the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 81380 (standard text message rates apply).
WhatsApp: Send the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 1-850-909-8683.
A bit more text at link, including FB Messenger address: m.me/electionland and a form.to fill out if voting problems observed or experienced.
This is for voters, poll workers, supervisors, observers.
Please feel free to copy & xpost often!
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Propublica/Electionland News Collaborative: Please Tell Us If You Have Any Trouble Voting This Year (Original Post)
SheltieLover
Sep 2020
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soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. K&R
SheltieLover
(60,408 posts)2. I'd read of intimidation in looooong lines in Fairfax
Shitbags!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)3. Yeah I was watching those vids. Fairfax is deep blue
Theyre just being goofy.
SheltieLover
(60,408 posts)4. Perhaps foreshadows what will occur in rural areas?
Dunno but this is infuriating. Lock them up! 🤬
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)5. Yes I do agree they need to slap this down
Hard
SheltieLover
(60,408 posts)6. Absolutely!
Could intimidate some folks for sure!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)7. Yes it's foreshadowing
Thugs. Jeezus, just let voters vote safely.
SheltieLover
(60,408 posts)8. I believe so, too!
People with PTSD from tRumpian dystopia / watching abuse of protestors and people of color.
Voting should not be threatening. tRump COVID is bad enough!
appalachiablue
(43,121 posts)9. +1 We have to fight now, get over shell-shock
democracy is at stake, more than ever
Much praise for ProPublica
SheltieLover
(60,408 posts)10. Absolutely!
And whichever news outlets are part of this collaborative venture with Propublica!
SMS: Text the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 81380 (standard text message rates apply).
WhatsApp: Send the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 1-850-909-8683.
Facebook Messenger: Go to m.me/electionland.